Decentralization in Blockchain: Reconsidering Change Management Theories

Centralization and decentralization: Theories and Models

The questions of centralization and decentralization arise in every polity. The constitution or the practice or both have to settle how much of policy making is to be decided by the central government and by component bodies. By and large liberalism and decentralization tend to go together while authoritarianism tends to be associated with centralization. The constitutional model which is gener...

Linear Types Can Change the Blockchain

We present an interpretation of classical linear logic in terms of operations on the blockchain. Anyone who understands the current economic, sociological , and technological situation is likely to be very excited by what the blockchain technology promises. Anyone who has actually had to work with the blockchain in real situations with mission-critical exchanges on the line is very likely to be...

Decentralization of Educational Management in Vietnam

This thesis analyzes the state of educational decentralization in Vietnam with the purpose to analyze how education has been decentralized in Vietnam; and if it has been in accordance with the purpose of the international development institution present in Vietnam. The thesis presents a theoretical framework over public decentralization and educational decentralization. The theoretical framewor...

Theories of Structure versus Theories of Change

The dynamics/computation debate recalls a similar debate in the evolutionary biology community concerning the relative primacy of theories of structure versus theories of change. A full account of cognition will require a rapprochement between such theories and will include both computational and dynamical notions. The key to making computation relevant to cognition is not making it analog, but...

Implementation of a Blockchain Workflow Management Prototype